Hollywood legendary director

"What shots are you taking today?"

Christine was sitting in the RV, waiting for the assistant to get the specific shooting plan from the director and flipping around.

Since the screening of "Twilight", the level of her attention has increased so much that the company equipped her with a huge team.

Set.

Chris Weitz moved quickly. The indoor scene of "New Moon" was performed directly in the new line studio. After a few days of shooting, I became familiar with it, and the speed was up.

When Christine put on her makeup, put on cosmetic contact lenses, and stood in front of the camera, the girl suddenly became the focus of attention.

"Okay, that's it, ready for the next shot."

Half an hour later, Director Wytz nodded in satisfaction, turned around and said kindly to the girl: "Keep this state, Christine, you are great today, try to make it all."

"Thank you......"

Facing the director's release of intimacy, Christine has changed from a little embarrassment to very adapt.

Although she knows how many catties her performance is, she is just acting as a girl with facial paralysis who has little emotional change (I don’t know how many golden plum awards she won in "Twilight"). She only needs beauty, and she can even take her lines later. There is no difficulty in reprovisioning the script.

If it weren't for her popularity, other people's attitudes might not have been so, but who made her a new star that Hollywood can't ignore.

The girl is actually very smart. She doesn’t need a brokerage company to help her maintain her image. She knows that she lives in two ways with her former self. She lives very well, and she is not complacent about it. Instead, she seizes the opportunity and starts to work harder. Own acting skills-after Christine became popular, most of the plays she received were independent works, and the play path was very varied.

In other words, she did not rashly consume her popularity to guarantee the box office.

"The next one is a group show with Robert and others. You can brew your emotions first."

Director Weitz finally reminded her that she was busy discussing the layout of the next shot with the lighting team.

To be honest, the girl doesn’t like the “partner” who is deliberately bound for the purpose of publicity, but there is no way. There are many benefits to doing so. Whether it is the investor Firefly, the brokerage company or the brand behind her, this relationship needs to be maintained. , Unless the fans buy it more.

So when the crew moved to the second floor of the luxurious residential building, they received Edward’s gift on Bella’s birthday and prepared to dismantle them. As a result, the cut and bleeding caused Japas (Edward’s sister’s husband) with the worst self-control ability to become addicted. The impulse of blood almost caused a tragedy——

In fact, it is also a very simple lens, but you must first create an atmosphere in which Bella and Edward have a good impression of each other. To be more romantic, there must be light in the eyes...

Well, not only does it seem to be nothing. For this embarrassing ambiguity and the hype of love in drama, Christine and his ex-boyfriend Michael Angrano (that’s the one in "The King of Kung Fu" The American teenagers of the Golden Hoop Bang) are divided-these two were met by filming. At that time, they were both young actors. They were of the same age and had a short relationship with them. They had no hype value.

And the arrangement of this scene is just foreshadowing. In order to induce the werewolf and Bella to live alone, follow Qiong Yao's routine, the plot does not conflict, and it is made by a third party...

"All departments prepare."

The director arranged the other camera position behind several actors who would be close to the angle of view. After roughly waiting for the satisfactory lighting effect, he recorded the scene and started shooting immediately.

......

This is the third time Lehmann has come to the cast of "New Moon".

It's not that I worry that the Witz brothers can't control the crew, but that I have free time to pay more attention to Eva's work.

After the leisure time is over, he will spend some energy talking with Chris about the shooting process.

Another one has passed, and Chris Weitz himself has some feelings, "The actors are very good, they are willing to cooperate, and they don't have sex."

Of course, this is just a grumbling.

Lehman knew that this guy still hadn't gotten out of the failure of "Golden Compass", and he also vaguely knew that during the filming of that movie, Nicole Kidman asked the crew to help her take care of her pet cat, and he also asked about the arrangement of the scene at any time. Intervene.

If there is no failure, all this is not serious. After all, people who are not late and leave the country according to the shooting requirements are much more dedicated than those who are irresponsible, suspend shooting and cut out pictures.

But whoever let the backfire will cause conflicts, and the relationship is easy to be stiff, not to mention the two are not familiar with each other.

"The original part of the New Zealand filming may be changed. I just notified Paul and asked him to arrange for the location crew to look for alternative scenes in Indiana, and the crew will move to the country for shooting." Feeling calmed slightly, Lehman said.

"Why? It's obviously already decided."

"Sorry, I don't want to change around and cause artificial trouble, but the policy there is more friendly to the crew. You know, although I am a director, I have to consider the interests of the company..."

The states in the United States are actually quite weird. Except for the Constitution, the attitude of the state government itself is often not consistent. For example, in some places, the sale of flying leaves is legal, but some states strictly prohibit it. As far as film and television shooting is concerned, each state has different subsidy policies. Massachusetts simply doesn't have relevant offers.

In terms of repeated comparisons of conditions and the situation of the crew itself, Indiana’s tax rebates for filming have the greatest benefit and are very convenient.

Once the operation is completed, the crew brings job opportunities and consumption (a series of visible benefits such as boxed lunch and fast food and hotel accommodation) to the local area. When a certain threshold is reached, they can enjoy 8% to 15%. Tax refund (depending on the level shown).

Based on the established scenes and more scenes, a rough calculation should be able to obtain a subsidy of more than 3 million. In addition, the film sponsors, such as RUE21's British knitted cardigan, will cost 2.7 million for just a few shots.

Dior's earrings and necklaces, 5.2 million;

Givenchy provided 4.4 million men's formal wear, as well as other brands such as chandeliers and furniture, bringing a total of more than 22 million US dollars to the film.

Even because of the existence of "Twilight", they also reached an agreement with Firefly to help promote and build momentum during the film screening. These values ​​are not measured by money, but more like a community of interests based on "New Moon". Who will let them All recognize the ability of "Twilight" to attract money, which helps to enhance the image of the product and promote sales.

In other words, the 54 million filming budget has already recovered more than 25 million. As long as the North American region can get more than 42 million, the cost can be recovered. It is only one-tenth of the box office performance of the previous game, without considering the cumulative stack of popularity.

"You just need to arrange it, I'm only in charge of shooting." Chris Weitz was a little dissatisfied, but didn't say much.

Sometimes, the power of the director is really small.